Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Peru
Peru: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield was 26,348 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Peru stood at 26,348 kg/ha.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Peru peaked at 27,424 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 11,375 kg/ha, in 1969.
That places Peru 24th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,474 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,158 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1963 | 13,158 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 15,790 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1965 | 15,790 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15,231 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1967 | 14,321 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1968 | 12,109 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1969 | 11,375 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1970 | 13,609 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1971 | 13,664 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 12,655 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 12,809 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 12,905 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 13,148 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 12,668 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 12,827 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 12,565 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 12,673 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 12,808 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 13,736 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 13,811 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 12,832 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1984 | 15,162 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1985 | 14,125 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1986 | 15,514 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1987 | 16,115 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 15,799 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 16,297 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 16,741 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 15,905 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 15,033 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 14,969 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 16,070 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 18,341 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1996 | 18,642 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 18,231 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 16,453 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1999 | 19,455 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2000 | 18,360 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 19,160 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 19,363 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 19,698 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 20,306 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 19,801 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 22,607 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2007 | 20,846 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 22,736 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 23,119 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 22,682 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 24,649 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 25,986 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 25,411 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 27,424 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 25,803 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 24,457 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 24,632 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 25,129 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 25,395 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 23,917 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 24,993 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 25,122 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 25,134 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 26,348 kg/ha | +4.8% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 26,348 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,970 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Peru's 26,348 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,088 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,934 kg/ha | 11,375 kg/ha | 15,790 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,952 kg/ha | 12,565 kg/ha | 13,664 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,620 kg/ha | 12,808 kg/ha | 16,297 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,984 kg/ha | 14,969 kg/ha | 19,455 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,600 kg/ha | 18,360 kg/ha | 23,119 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,157 kg/ha | 22,682 kg/ha | 27,424 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,103 kg/ha | 23,917 kg/ha | 26,348 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 21 United Arab Emirates 26,888 kg/ha compare
- 22 Azerbaijan 26,644 kg/ha compare
- 23 Saudi Arabia 26,641 kg/ha compare
- 24 Côte d'Ivoire 9,724 kg/ha compare
- 25 Israel 26,254 kg/ha compare
- 25 Portugal 26,254 kg/ha compare
- 25 Caribbean 9,653 kg/ha compare
- 27 Oman 25,941 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Peru?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield in Peru was 26,348 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 27,424 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,375 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Peru rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield?
- Peru ranks 24th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.